[Federal Register: August 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 153)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary
[FA-108-2810-00-24-1E]

 
Reopening of the Call for Non-Federal Nominations to the Joint 
Fire Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Reopening of the public call for nominations to the Joint Fire 
Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
are reopening the call for public nominations to the Joint Fire Science 
Program Stakeholder Advisory Group to allow more time for the public to 
assemble and submit nomination materials. The initial notice was 
published in the Federal Register on Monday, June 21, 1999 (64 FR 
33112).
    The purpose of this Stakeholder Advisory Group is to provide advice 
concerning priorities and approaches for research and implementation of 
research findings for the management of wildland fuels on lands 
administered by the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Department of Agriculture, 
through the Forest Service.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted to the address listed below no 
later than September 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bob Clark, Joint Fire Science 
Program Manager, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development 
Ave., Boise, Idaho 83705, (208) 387-5349. Internet: bob--clark@blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Stakeholder Advisory Group will consist 
of 30 members, 15 Federal and 15 nonfederal. This call for nominations 
will establish the nonfederal membership on the Group. Group membership 
will be balanced in terms of categories of interest represented.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Joint Fire Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group. 
Individuals may also nominate themselves for Group membership. All 
nomination letters should include the name, address, profession, 
relevant biographic data, and reference sources for each nominee, and 
should be sent to the above address. Letters of support should be from 
interests or groups that nominees claim to represent. This material 
will be used to evaluate nominees in terms of their expertise and 
qualifications for advising the Secretaries on matters pertaining to 
research into wildland fuels problems and implementation of strategies 
and solutions for managing the increasing fuel loadings on federally 
administered wildlands.
    Nominations may be made for the following categories of interest:

Wildland fire management
Wildland fuels management
Air quality management
Public lands management
Forest ecology
Rangeland ecology
Hydrology
Conservation
Social science
Computer science and modeling
Tribal government
Public-at-large

    The specific category that the nominee will represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination.
    Agency administrators will nominate Federal representatives, 
including: four (4) members from the U.S. Forest Service, and one 
member each from the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, 
the U.S. Geological Survey, the Department of Energy, the Department of 
Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
    Each Stakeholder Advisory Group Member will be appointed to serve a 
2-year term. Members will serve without salary, but non-federal members 
will be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates 
for Government employees.
    The Group will meet at least once annually. Additional meetings may 
be called in connection with special needs for advice. The Department's 
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety, will 
be the Designated Federal Officer who will call meetings of the Group.

    Dated: August 2, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 99-20507 Filed 8-9-99; 8:45 am]
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